Smethwick

Sandwell Churches’ Link works in partnership with churches and community groups all across Smethwick.

On this page, you can find out what’s going on in and around Smethwick, including supporting resources. These can only be kept up to date with with your help! Please let us know of all events, training, volunteering or career opportunities and everything else you want to share with the rest of Sandwell and we can add it here. Simply click on the link below!

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Brushstrokes Community Project

Welcoming, supporting and empowering asylum seekers, refugees and migrants across Sandwell and West Birmingham. Find out more about the amazing work Brushstrokes do and how you can support them here

Smethwich Church Action Network

Smethwick CAN is an action network of local churches formed to work with the community to tackle poverty, increase aspiration, provide opportunity and support the most vulnerable. Smethwick CAN works with local communities to provide a wide range of services through local churches and community groups including places of welcome to build community; supporting people towards work and social enterprise to increase aspiration; and provide crisis relief to support the most vulnerable. Smethwick CAN currently operates a Food Bank, a Food Pantry, a Community Café, a Community Bakery, a Community Allotment and a number of smaller projects which tackle homelessness and other areas of local social need.

St Mary’s Bearwood

The Vision for St Mary’s is sharing God’s Heart for Bearwood in the heart of Bearwood. With something happening Saturday – Thursday every week, this is a prime example of partner working, providing support and connecting communities.

Food Resources

Smethwick Food Bank (Holy Trinity Church) – Food bank (Trussell Trust network).

  • Access: Requires agency referral and voucher (3 days of emergency food per voucher)
  • Address: Holy Trinity Church, Church Hill Street, Smethwick B67 7AH
  • Opening times: Tuesday & Friday 12:00–14:00 (closed other days)
  • Contact: 0121 517 0141; email info@smethwick.foodbank.org.uk website:smethwick.foodbank.org.uk.

Salma Food Bank – Emergency food bank (independent charity)

  • Access: Open to everyone in crisis without a voucher (direct self-referral). Operates 24/7 and 365 days a year with an open-door policy
  • Address: Unit 8, Ash Court, Crystal Drive, Smethwick B66 1QG
  • Opening times: Warehouse open for collections on Mondays and Thursdays 10:00–13:00 emergency deliveries arranged by text/phone outside these hours (service runs every day)
  • Contact: Text/Call 07767 164 246 website: salma-foodbank.org

Smethwick Pantry (Smethwick CAN) – Community pantry (membership club).

  • Access: Self-referral membership for Smethwick residents facing hardship (no voucher required). Members pay £6 per visit for a selection of healthy food
  • Address: Smethwick Library, High Street, Smethwick B66 1AA
  • Opening times: Wednesdays 10:00–15:00
  • Contact: 07519 666255; email pantry@smethwickcan.org website: yourlocalpantry.co.uk/smethwickcan

Dottie’s Community Fridge (Dorothy Parkes Centre) – Community fridge (food share)

  • Access: Open to everyone – free surplus food available to all to reduce waste (no referral or membership needed)
  • Address: Dorothy Parkes Centre, Church Road, Smethwick B67 6EH
  • Opening times: Tuesday and Friday, 10:00–12:00
  • Contact: 0121 558 2998; email projects@dorothyparkes.org website: dorothyparkes.org
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